Local businessman and philanthropist Quint Studer will lead a daylong workshop this summer on the topic of leadership in the workplace.

Randy Hammer, CEO and president of the Studer Institute, said in a press release that the event was intended to teach local employers how to better engage workers and create a culture of great customer service in their business.

"The goal of the Studer Institute, at the core, is to improve the quality of life for the people in our community," Hammer said. "One of the things we really want to focus on at this first workshop is developing local talent because if we can help a small business be more efficient or create better customer service or if we can help a nonprofit serve its clients better, then our community as a whole will improve."

Hammer said the workshop — which is being staged in partnership with the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce and the Pensacola Young Professional — would be the first in a series of seminars, educational lectures and policy summits the Institute planned to host in coming months

Quint and Rishy Studer formed the nonprofit Studer Institute earlier this year to help cities — starting with Pensacola — identify and overcome chronic economic, governmental and social problems. In pursuit of this goal, the organization is creating benchmarks and assessment tools, similar to FCAT scores, to measure cities' progress toward addressing a host of challenges including low wages, rising crime rates, social mobility and low voter turnout and graduation rates.

The all-day workshop will be Aug. 20 at the Crowne Plaza hotel, in downtown Pensacola. Seating will be limited, and the cost to register is $100, to be donated to the nonprofit of one's choice.